mr. reid has said the house of representatives must pass their bill. well, nobody made mr. reid the king. and i don't think that we have to do what mr. reid says. he has a very high opinion of himself. i think we do what the constitution tells us to do. when there is a difference of opinion, then we go to conference. a no vote to our colleagues means they don't want to follow regular order and want to continue the uncertainty. what has the senate done this year? the senate has passed approximately 10 substantive bills. it's my opinion that the senate is out of touch. a two-month bill is not

mr. reid: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the call of the quorum be terminated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask consent we proceed to calendar 360 and calendar 501 and send two two cloture motions to the desk. the presiding officer: without objection, the clerk will report the nominations. the clerk: nomination, department of state,the norman l. eisen of the district of columbia to be be ambassador to the czech republic. cloture motion. we, the undersigned senators hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the nomination of norman l. eisen of the district of columbia to be ambassador to the czech republic, signed by 17 senators. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the names not be read. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. the clerk: nomination, department of state, maury aponte of the district of columbia to be ambassador to the republic of el salvador. cloture motion, we the undersigned senators

mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the call of the quorum be terminated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent we proceed to executive session, that the nominations be confirmed en bloc, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid on the table, there being no intervening action or debate, that no further motions be in order to any of the nominations, that any related statements be printed in the record, that the the president be immediately notified of the senate's action, that the senate immediately resume legislative session. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask consent that we now proceed to a period of morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i made a mistake, mr. president. i thought it was the normal script and it's changed. i ask unanimous consent that following morning business tomorrow morning, the senate proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 337, that there be 30 minutes

mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: ask now unanimous consent that we move to a period of morning business senators aplowed to speak for up to ten minutes each. officer without objection. mr. reid: i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 43. i send a cloture motion at the desk. it is at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the cloture motion. the clerk: cloture motion: we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of caitlin joan halligan for united states district judge for the district of columbia circuit signed by 17 senators -- mr. reid: i would ask that the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that on tuesday, december 6, at 11:00 a.m., the is not proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 43, there be an hour of debate equally divided prior to the cloture vo

mr. reid: that's 343, mr. president. the clerk: commemoratingthe 84th birthday of the tinge of thailand on december 5, 2011. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the resolution be greenwood, the preamble be agreed to, the motion to reconsider, there be -- be laid on table, and any statements appear at the appropriate places as if read. the presiding officer: without t objection, so ordered without objection. mr. reid: i'm told a bill by senator casey is due for a first reading. the presiding officer: the presiding officer: the clerk will read the tieflt of the bill the first time. the clerk: s. 1944, a bill to create jobs by providing payroll tax relief for middle-class families and businesses and for other purposes. mr. reid: mr. president, i now ask for the second reading but object to my own request. the presiding officer: objection is heard. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent -- the presiding officer: the bill will be read for a second time

mr. reid: thanks, mr. president. i ask unanimous consent that a durbin amendment which is at the desk be agreed to, the bill as amended be read a third time. the presiding officer: without objection, the amendment is agreed to and the clerk will read the title of the bill for the third time. the clerk: h.r. 2867, an ack to reauthorize -- act to reauthorize the international religious freedom act of 1998 and for other purposes. the presiding officer: is there any further debate on the measure? hearing none, all those in favor say aye. all those opposed say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the measure as amended is passed. mr. reid: thank you a lot. i ask unanimous consent the motion to reconsider be laid on the table, there be no intervening action or debate, and any statements related to this matter be placed in the record at the appropriate place as if read. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quoru

mr. reid: if ness no further business, mr. president, i ask that we adjourn under the previous order. the presiding officer: the senate stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m. tomorrow. >>> and we are live now on capitol hill. the house rules committee is debating a republican measure that would extend payroll tax cuts and also reduce the maximum weeks of unemployment benefits. >> we are in fact talking about the middle class. unfortunately the other side is simply not listening. >> thank you very much. we very much appreciate it and look forward to considering your bill before tomorrow. our next witness is the gentleman from georgia, mr. johnson. and i saw ms. jackson lee here. i would invite her to the table if she is planning to testify. >> [inaudible] >> okay. please proceed and without objection, your prepared remarks, mr. johnson, will be in the record and we welcome your summary. >> [inaudible] and ranking member for allowing me to speak today on h.r. 3630. my amendment to this legislation on the oppose this misguided bill an

mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following leader remarks the senate will be in a period of morning business. the majority will rule the first 30 minutes. republicans will control the next 30 minutes. expect to consider the omnibus spending bill within the next 24 hours, or 36 hours. we will also continue to work on an agreement to consider the payroll tax compromise. senators will be notified when votes are scheduled. as a reminder to all senators, cloture was filed on the motion to proceed to h.r. 3630, the house republican payroll tax bill. unless agreement is reached, that vote will occur saturday morning, tomorrow morning. h.r. 3094 is at the desk and due for second reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the title of the bill for the second reading. the clerk: h.r. 3094, an act to amend the national labor relations act with respect to representation hearings and the timing of elections of labor organizations under that act. mr. reid: i would object to any further proceedings at this time. the p

mr. reidnote the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following leader remarks -- the presiding officer: the senate is in a quorum call. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be terminated. following morning business, the senate will be in a period of morning business until 11:00 this morning. the majority will control the first half, republicans the second half. i would ask consent that the order be changed to allow both sides a half an hour. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: following morning business, the senate will be in executive session to consider the nomination of caitlin halligan to be a judge for the district of columbia circuit. at noon, there will be a cloture vote. i ask to make sure the consent i just asked doesn't change that at all. there will be a little less time to debate that, but i think that would be sufficient. at noon there will be a clo

mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i ask consent that we terminate the quorum. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i move to proceed to calendar number 257, h.r. 3630. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: motion to proceed to calendar number 257, h.r. 3630, an act to provide incentives for the creation of jobs and for other purposes. mr. reid: i have a cloture motion at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the motion. the clerk: cloture motion. we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the motion to proceed to calendar number 257, h.r. 3630, an act to provide incentives for creation of jobs and for other purposes. signed by 16 senators as follows. reid of nevada, baucus -- mr. reid: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: with

mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that the joint resolution be read three times, agreed to, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table, there be no intervening action or debate, any statements related to this measure be placed in the record at the appropriate place as if read. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the presiding officer: the majority leader is recognized. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the call of the quorum be terminated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i now ask we proceed to a period of morning business with senators allowed to speak up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that at 9:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, saturday, december 17, the senate proceed to consideration of calendar number 257, h.r. 360, that the majority leader be recognized to offer a reid-mcconnell substitute ame

mr. reids, the senate will be in a period of morning business. the republicans will control the first 30 minutes, the majority the next 30 minutes. a vote is expected on the cord ray nomination tomorrow morning. madam president, 70 years ago today, the attack on pearl harbor changed our country forever. it also hardened our resolve to become a better, stronger nation, and that we have become. an example is the u.s.s. nevada. the great battleship epitomizes the resiliency of our country. while in the port of oahu, november 7, 1941, the battleship nevada was hit by many bombs and a torpedo. 60 american sailors died. less than a year later, that great battleship returned to service and served valiantly our country during world war ii. today we honor the living pearl harbor veterans for their courage and their sacrifice. here in the senate, we, of course, refer to our medal of honor winner dan inouye, senator akaka and frank lautenberg, all three served in world war ii. we also remember the nearly

. >> i do not think we have to do what mr. reid says. >> also at stake, medicare payments to physicians. the clock ticking towards january 1, with no sign of compromise in sight. >> the people all over the country, the people in the gallery, they know that they are watching this functionality at its best -- watching dysfunctionalilty -- dysfunctionality at its best. >> sally kidd, wbal tv 11 news. >> trying to assure people they are safe after a deadly shooting outside but towson town center, and police say the victim was not a random target. >> police did not have a lot to say about this case. they clearly made their comments with the holiday shopping season in mind. the towson town center had a much more normal appearance today. the scene last night of police and a sealed off crime scene still had an impact on shoppers. >> i was supposed to go there tonight, but you know what? i would rather go there tomorrow morning and see my wife and kid and hug them and not take that chance. >> they are saying that 19-year- old rodney pridget

mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader is recognized. mr. reid: i'm saddened to have learned this morning that five people were killed late yesterday in a terrible helicopter crash just a few miles outside of las vegas. my sympathies are with the families of those who died, including pilot landon neil and four passengers. my thoughts are with them as recovery efforts continue this morning as they lay their lost loved ones to rest. reports indicate the aircraft at was on a tour of the hoover dam just a few miles from las vegas. mr. president, this is -- i have taken those helicopter tours. it's an exciting, exciting trip. i mean, we're just -- people don't realize this, we're just a few miles from grand canyon there in las vegas and it takes just a short time to get there and travel up that beautiful canyon to see where millions of people go every year to see grand canyon. hundreds of thousands come from las vegas to see it. i'm truly grateful forests of the park service rangers, the metropolitan police department search and rescue team and th

mr. reid: i ask the senate proceed -- i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to a period of morning business until 2:00 p.m. today, senators during that period of time be permitted to speak for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. reid: i note the absence of a quorum. mr. president, i withdraw that. the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. merkley: thank you, mr. president. i rise to ask unanimous consent of all of my colleagues, before i explain the unanimous consent request, i will give a little bit of background. this is senate bill 1874 that senator snowe and i have worked on for some time because of our mutual interest in making the hub zone process for rural economic development work better. when this process occurs with each census, there is a two-yea nightmare of red tape before communities that should benefit from this economic development opportunity have the ability to do so, and across the country right now, we ha

mr. reid: following leader remarks the senate will be in morning business until 11:00 a.m. this morning. following morning business the senate will resume consideration of the defense department authorization bill. this will be postcloture debate. we expect to complete action on the defense bill today. we may give everyone as much notice as we can when we have votes that are coming. additionally, yesterday i filed cloture on a motion to proceed to s. 1917, middle-class tax cut, if no agreement is reached the vote will be tomorrow morning. there are six measures, mr. president, at the desk due for second reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the titles of the measures for the second time en bloc. the clerk: s.j. res. 30, joint resolution extending the cooling off period under section 10 of the railway labor act and so forth. s.j. res. 31, joint resolution applying certain conditions to the dispute referred to in executive order 13586, and so forth. s.j. res. 32, joint resolution t

mr. reid has said the house of representatives must pass their bill. well, nobody made mr. reid the king. and i don't think that we have to do what mr. reid says. he has a very high opinion of himself. i think we do what the constitution tells us to do. when there is a difference of opinion, then we go to conference. a no vote to our colleagues means they don't want to follow regular order and want to continue the uncertainty. what has the senate done this year? the senate has passed approximately 10 substantive bills. it's my opinion that the senate is out of touch. a two-month bill is not appropriate. they want -- instead of being an alice in wonderland like my colleague said last night, we are in 1984. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. members are reminded to refrain from engaging in personalities towards the senate or its members. the gentlelady from new york. ms. slaughter: mr. speaker, i yield two minutes to the gentlewoman from colorado, a member of the committee on energy and commerce, ms. degette. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady fro

mr. reid: mr. president, i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i ask consent the call of the quorum be terminated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: mr. president, today following leader remarks, if any, the senate will be in morning business until 4:30 today. following that morning business, the senate will be in executive session to consider four united states district judges. at 5:30 today, there will be a roll call vote on confirmation of the ramos nomination. we hope the rest of the nominations can be confirmed by voice vote. mr. president, last week, my friend, the republican leader, tried to convince us, republicans realized it would be disastrous to raise taxes on the middle class. here on the senate floor, he quoted half a dozen news reports as evidence the senate republicans support an extension of payroll tax cuts for 160 million american workers. i said at that time i was skeptical, s

mr. reid: madam president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following leader remarks the senate will be in a period of morning business for two hours. the republicans will control the first half and the majority will control the final half. following morning business the senate will be in consideration of s.j. res. 10 and s.j. res. 24. both resolutions regarding the balanced budget amendments. the republican leader and i yesterday arrived at an agreement that we would have eight hours of debate on this matter. i think it should be good debate. people have been looking forward to this debate for some time. some are more interested than others, and this should give them ample time to say whatever they feel about this issue that's ripe for debate here in the senate, and certainly votes we'll have tomorrow morning. the senate will recess from 12:30 to 2:15 for our weekly caucus meetings. h.r. 1633 is at the desk and due for second reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the title of the bill for the second time. the clerk: h.r. 16

mr. reid: following leader marks we will be in a period of morning business for an hour, the republicans will control the first half, the majority the final half. following that morning business the senate will be in executive session as the order indicates last night to consider the nomination of morgan christen of alaska to be united states circuit judge for the ninth circuit. there will be 30 minutes of debate on that. at a time to be determined later today there will be a vote on confirmation of that nomination. we are almost certain that we're going to consider today the department of defense authorization conference report. the issue on that is how much time people need but i think we can work that out very quickly. we've done enough, mr. president, back and forth, the republican leader and me, staking out our positions and our positions are fairly clear to the american people. we're going to try to do during the next few hours is try to work toward resolving some of the outstanding issu

mr. reid: madam president. the majority floor leader. the majority leader. mr. reid: this will be the last vote this week. we'll have a couple votes monday night. i will announce before we are out today as much of the schedule as i am able to do. right now, i can't do that, but i will before the day is out. the presiding officer: under the previous order, there will be two minutes of debate equally divided. the senator from pennsylvania. mr. casey: madam president, thank you very much. the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. mr. casey: madam president, thank you very much. the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. mr. casey is about -- is. the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. please take your conversations out of the well. mr. casey: madam president, what is about to happen is we are taking a vote on a measure that got 20 votes last week. the same vote, and i don't know what the vote will be, obviously, but this is an exercise in futility to vote on this ag

the last time i looked, mr. reid was just the majority leader. he is not the king of this country. for him to say we must pass the ir bill is an assumption. i am going to invite you to help me on the procedures if i get off track. i invite you to speak up. we have talked about the need to get back on regular order. i do think that well 6 is not being caught in a country -- while civis is not being taugh in ou country, most people understand the bill passes one house, goes to another house, have to be passed in the same form, if it does, it goes to the president. if it is modified, it does that to the house of origin. -- it goes back to the house of origin. if the house of origin does not agree with the change, then we have a conference. settle the differences between the two bills. the difference between the bill we passed in good faith last week with a bipartisan vote, all the good bills have passed this year. it went to the senate and was modified drastically. i appreciate the fact that we pointed out that the president has asked for a one-year extension. he has said it is inexcu

boehner and mr. reid down to the white house, pulled out "it's a wonderful life" dvd and -- >> are you kidding with this? >> we cannot go into this holiday season without helping our unemployed brothers and sisters. >> all of a sudden the republicans are on the other side. >> a washington stalemate. >> he's not happy about the house republicans. >> they refer to what they are doing as high-stake poker. >> mumbo jumbo. >> the clock is ticking. time is running out. >> what is happening here today is shameful. it is a disgrace. it is unreal. it is unbelievable. we don't believe speaker boehner has any good faith left. >> the person in the hot seat seems to be speaker boehner. >> i need the president to help out. okay? >> the president is not and should not be a marriage counselor between senate republicans and house republicans. >> overall, voters are trusting obama and the white house more to handle taxes, to handle the economy. >> this is the walk away caucus with a walk away leadership. >> on a system tha

mr. reid ask unanimous consent to be recognized. the presiding officer: without objection, the majority leader is recognized. mr. reid: i now ask unanimous consent that the house pass the senate's bill which is identical to the text which is at the desk which is a two-month extension to reduce payroll tax, unemployment insurance, tanf and the medicare payment fixed, the bill be considered read three times and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table with no intervening action or debate, and any statements related to the bill be placed in the record at the appropriate place as if read. further that when the senate receives a message from the house requesting conference with respect to h.r. 3630, the senate agree to the request for a conference and the chair be authorized to appoint conferees on the part of the senate with the ratio of 4 to 3. that if the house does not act by january 1, 2012, with respect to passage of a bill providing the two-month extension the senate action with

mr. andy reid. >>> to baseball, red sox make it official, introducing bobby valentine as the team's new managere 61-year-old replaces former manager, terry francona, who presided over boston's epic collapse last season where the team went 7-20 in september and missed the playoffs by one game. bobby v. the new man in boston. >>> coming up on "morning joe," newt gingrich declares in an interview that he will be the nominee. what are the odds of that? we'll bat it around with our crew in just a few minutes. and when we come back we'll huddle up around the water cooler to watch rick perry on the "tonight show" unraveling his latest gaffe, the one about the vote being age being 21. can i help you? yeah, can i get a full-sized car? for full-sized cars, please listen to the following menu. for convertibles, press star one. i didn't catch that. to speak to a representative, please say representative now. representative. goodbye! you don't like automated customer service, and neither do we. that's why, unlike other cards, no matter when you call chase sapphire preferred, you immediately get a person not

mr. reid: mr. president, i, like my friend from arizona, compliment my friend from hawaii, but i think it speaks volumes to hear senator john mccain talk about a hero. it's a hero talking about a hero , and far too rarely do we recognize these people that we have the opportunity to serve with here in the united states senate. when i came here with senator mccain, we came at the same time, we had a lot of people who are war veterans. it's not the case anymore, but i so appreciate john mccain, a certified, with qualified statements standing and talking about about john -- i'm sorry, talking about dan inouye being a hero. this says, i repeat, volumes coming from someone that is a hero himself. i have such admiration for both of these men, and for someone who has never served in the military to have the pleasure of being able to serve and work together with these two men will be something that i will remember the rest of my life. mr. mccain: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from arizon

mr. reid: following leader remarks the senate will be in morning business until 4:30 this afternoon. following that morning business the senate will be in executive session to consider nominations of norman eisen to be ambassador to the czech republic and mari aponte to be ambassador to el salvador. i ask unanimous consent that john d. tealy from the state department be granted floor privileges for the eisen and apone nominations. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: the senate will vote on norman icen to be ambassador and mari apont spe, they're in their positions. these nominees are qualified public servants who will continue to represent their nation with distinction. for our republican colleagues, being qualified and dedicated doesn't seem to be enough. last week they blocked the nap nation of a brilliant legal mind, caitlin halligan to the district court of appeals. obviously they don't mind there are vacancies paws republicans were in the majority in that court. so defeat

speaker, we've gotten the word today that the majority leader of the united states senate, mr. reid, has chosen to prevent members from signing the conference report for the absolutely essential spending bill that is out there, the mini bus spending bill because of this measure that's before us right now. if that isn't playing politics i don't know what is. right now we are faced with a threat of a government shutdown on friday. if the democrats don't sign that appropriations conference report, which has been negotiated in good faith again between both democrats and republicans, with the house and the senate, we are going to be faced with a government shutdown that leader reid will in fact have created by preventing members from signing that conference report. we need to come together and do that. sign that conference report. get that work done. and this measure, this measure once again, mr. speaker, will get at the core problem, the core problem that we face and that is the lack of jobs that exist. the keystone x.l. pipeline will create, as has been said, 20,000 to 25,000 jobs if n

mr. hoyer, senator reid, senator schumer -- we needed to extend these policies for a year. we agree with them. to just kick the can down the road because, oh, my goodness, we're getting close to christmas, is not the right thing for the american people. >> if there was some sort of compromise, do you think you could move this bill with a minority of your conference -- let me restate that, not a minority of your conference -- would you have more democratic votes? the senate bill would pass without some republicans and a lot of democrats. would you be willing -- with some republicans and a lot of democrats. would you be willing -- >> i don't believe that to be the case. nothing will happen until we have somebody to sit down with and negotiate. this is why i told president obama yesterday to call senator reid to appoint conferees. one more. >> many of you mentioned to the quarterly reporting. would you be willing to have a three-month extension? >> we need people to sit down and work with. we are not willing to sit down and negotiate with ourselves. i ask sen. reid to appoint

mr. hoyer. senator reidtor schumer, we need to extend these poll he's fo policies for a year. to kick the can down the road because it's near christmas is not the right thing for the american people. jenna: it calls for a two month extension instead. >> this is not about politics. it's not even about policy. it's about trying to make sure that bad things don't happen to good people ten days from now. jenna: just a reminder, this is not major tax reform, so we joke a little bit $40 here, $40 there, what you can keep in your pay check. this was a tax holiday that was temporary. we will bring you comments coming from the president live when they do happen. jon: well, the latest gallop poll has congressional approval at an all time low of just 13%. with numbers like these many of us would expect that incumbents would be shown the door come november. many of them were last time around, but some political experts say, do not hold your breath. they point to what is called the anti-incumbent election myth, one of th

mr. speaker, harry reid's going to say yes, too. and bring the senate back to get the american people's business done. pay freeze for members of congress and federal workers. mr. speaker, i don't mind telling you that i think i work pretty hard. i try to give folks an honest day's work for an honest day's dollar. but do you think i can go home to a town hall meeting and look somebody in the eye and tell you i'm doing such a good job i deserve a raise? i'm just telling you how the senate's going to run up your credit card bill by $30 billion on your children, i'm telling you how the house can't find enough votes to per swrade the senate to come to the -- persuade the senate to come to the table. am i doing my best, you better believe it. am i going to accept the pay raise while american families are hurting? no, i am not. in the house-passed bill, pay freeze for members of congress and federal workers, yes. in the senate-passed bill, no. no. i'll leave you with that bit of irony, mr. speaker. we're here begging our colleagues in the s

mr. camp: i would just say that if minority leader pelosi and senator reid appoint conferees, there is no reason for taxes to go up. with that i yield -- mr. van hollen: you didn't answer my question. mr. camp: regular order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland is out of order. the gentleman from michigan is recognized. mr. camp: i yield two minutes to the distinguished member of the ways and means committee, the gentlewoman from tennessee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from tennessee is recognized for two minutes. mrs. black: thank you, mr. speaker. fixing something for two months is not fixing something. it's a band-aid and it's bad policy. i have been a nurse for over 40 years and i'm going to use a medical analogy to illustrate this point. if someone were to come into the emergency where i'm working with an issue, medical issue, and i said to them, i'll give you a choice. we can either fix your problem for two months or we can fix your problem for a year. i have no doubt that the patient would choose certainty of one year over two months. for the past 10 mo

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that's what senator reid said it will do, mr. speaker. that's what we're prepared to do, mr. speaker, but we don't want to put at risk january 1 coming and that tax cut disappearing. if they fail to pass the compromise, house republicans will have to answer to the american people whose taxes will go up. one additional minute. to the innocent, unemployed and medicare seniors seeking services from their doctors. we must not leave this work unfinished just days before the holidays and new year. that's what the senate did. they gave us time. they gave the american people time. instead, we ought to be bringing relief to middle-class families that are increasingly anxious about their future during what should be a joyful and hopeful holiday season. we ought to pass the bipartisan senate bill. that's what this motion to instruct says. that is what the american people want to happen in washington, to see us work together, come to agreement, act, bring certainty, stop the blame game. we can send the bipartisan agreement to the president today and he will sign it. vote yes on this moti

mr. speaker, leaders reid, a common policy.ople of michigan. and to the u.s. house of representatives in the senate for making this remarkable tribute to dad the true reality. -- the rotunda has been a part of the ford family for decades. as a young girl i accompanied my dad to the capital on weekends and happily played hide and seek in this room and its territorial for hours and in 2008 to jump to a dozen 60 returned, but under very different circumstances for dads state funeral. when our last of our family gathered in the rotunda it was a time to remember and a time to say goodbye. those were very difficult days. we jus strength and comfort from many kindnesses of both the house and senate members and from both sides of the aisle. we do we reject and by the president's tribute. our my feeling of all and private we arrived at the capitol the very first evening. and instead of using the traditional center steps to the rotunda of the house representatives we had dads casket carried out the house steps to be it was then placed in

mrs. mays? straight with you? you never told us your son was in a mental hospital. reidleased a week ago and that he called you to pick him up and that you never came. you asked me if i knew if he'd come home, and i didn't. i--i thought he was in boston. there was also blood on the floor of your utility room. do you have any explanation for that? well, sometimes i cut my legs when i prune the roses. you prune your roses in winter? as a matter of fact, i do. when do you prune yours? mrs. mays, i understand that you may want to do everything you can to protect your son, but that little boy may be dying right now. i would like to help you. i really would. but right now, i've got to se about my son. i think it's better if you stay here. she's definitely lying. i don't know exactly what she's lying about, but she's lying. you don't think she'd let that boy die to save her son, do you? i don't know. she drives a cadillac, right? yeah. they got gpss in them. elle: so... so let's go see where she's been. it's got every stop she's made and how long she spent there. you know, thes

mr. president at least tell senator reid to pass our jobs bills. >> the question isn't really where are we today. the question is where should we be? remember, the obama administration promised the american public that if this thing this bill passed, that right now we would be under 6.5% on the point. and instead, we are over 8.5 unemployment. so think about the remedies, think about the opportunity moving forward. as was briefly mentioned, over 20 bills are pending, jobs bills that are pending in the united states senate and just imagine what things could be like if those were called up, past and signed into law our economy would be game on, we be roaring forward and we wouldn't be having a conversation stumbling around unemployment in the mid mid-eighth. >> what is the house republicans plan for paying for an extension of the payroll tax cuts and it expansion of the unemployment speak with will have a conversation with our members as soon as we leave here, and we will know more about it soon. >> the message democrats are putting forth is republicans are anti-middle-class, and that republ

mr. speaker. i was wondering if harry reid gave you any assurances he was going to give the ok to his democrats to sign the appropriations conference report? >> i have no indication of that. >> no indication. >> thank you. >> house speaker john boehner finished up a short time ago. before him house minority leader nancy pelosi gave her weekly briefing. the latest on the payroll tax cut extension and chances for avoiding a government shutdown. we will show you as much of this as we can until the house gavels back in. they'll be back in in about five minutes. noon eastern. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> today is a very special day, one that we have looked forward to for a very long time. it marks the ending of the war in iraq. secretary panetta officially took down the flag and handed full responsibility over iraq to the iraqi people and its -- their government. with this act because of the bravery of our troops, the sacrifices of their families, and the leadership of president obama we were able to say the war in i

mr. hoyer and miss pelosi could appoint their own conferees. they haven't even namedconferee. we asked majority leader reid>> it seems like the debate is how to pay for that. both sides agreeing it is a good thing to have over a one-year time. it's how to pay for it. in the middle i know this is tough for both sides here, there are people that will be losing some $40 dollars per paycheck. there was a tweet that i want to share with you on the white house website. this coming from an individual in rozwell says i have to pick between my insulin and water bill. what do you say to folks like that? >> they should have the guarantee of a tax cut. that $40 a week for a year not for 60 days. the republicans in the house are saying threatts do this for a fuel year and $1,000. not two months. it's the $833 question at stake. somewhere there's a middle ground that can work for all americans and the house and senate. at least don't you think have the chance to sit down and talk about it. that's what we did when we passed the proerks bills that fund the government for the rest of the year. it's what the house and the s

reid got a call from the president. what was said? >> as you walk off the floor, mr. house republicans leave washington for their holiday break with the pay roll tax exemption still unresolved. is this the holiday gift from congress the american people deserve? >> it's the people that put these people, that put our government into power. and they seem